How much can I recycle with Zero Waste Bags?

We acknowledge that embracing eco-friendly habits and increasing your recycling efforts may seem like an investment. However, our Zero Waste Bags offer exceptional value for money.
On average, users typically require only 4 small bags or 2 to 3 large bags annually for any specific waste stream, translating to a monthly cost of £7 to £10, depending on bag size and the type of rubbish recycled*.
Explore our informative chart to estimate how long it'll take you to fill a bag based on your unique habits.

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Zero Waste Bag - Small

Regular price £25.00

Dimensions & Capacity:
Size: 25.50 cm wide x 35 cm high
Depth: Expands to 4 cm in the middle
Holds approx. 3.5 L of waste.

Our small Zero Waste Bag takes an average of 3 months to fill based on customer return feedback. For more accurate results of units per bag/type of rubbish collected click here.

With Zero Waste bags choose to recycle one of 14 different types of rubbish listed below:

All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media

Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you through Royal Mail within 5 working days. No need for you to be home to collect them!
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with InPost. Check your nearest locker location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

Cathedral City cheese wrappers

Excellent experience - returned several years worth of CC cheese wrappers in one medium sized bag. Follow up confirming receipt and recycling was welcome. Highly recommended. We estimated that we payed around 5p per block of cheese to guarantee recycling as against likely landfill.

A very useful service

I am so pleased to find a way to recyle the plastic vials that medicated and some soothing preservative free eye drops come in. We get through 5 or 6 a day in this house! My only slight concern is the cost, but it will take us months to fill in even the small bag so it is worth it.

Collection of empty blister packs - a perfect solution!

I've given one of your small bags to my son to use for his blister packs on his boat. I've also suggested that he shows it to his friends on the boat mooring for the marina. They could have a community collection for recycling items in the club house.

That’s fantastic Our Zero Waste Bags in action! A community recycling spot at the marina sounds like a perfect plan.

Complete satisfaction

I’m so glad I discovered these bags. I’m filling my second and have ordered one for my granddaughter. Easy to order and the instructions are clear and easy on how to return the filled bag

Tablet packaging

Love that this item can be recycled properly.

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Zero Waste Bag - Medium

Regular price £35.00

Dimensions & Capacity:
Size: 40 cm wide x 42 cm high
Holds approx. 7 L of waste.

With Zero Waste bags choose to recycle one of 14 different types of rubbish listed below:

All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media

Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you through Royal Mail within 5 working days. No need for you to be home to collect them!
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with InPost. Check your nearest locker location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

A relief to receive

A really good idea, we have far more blister packs to get rid of than we realised, this bag helps us do it and is reasonably priced, well worth it

Highly effective recycling option!

I came across Terracycle whilst trying to find a way, or method, to recycle items that were proving challenging to dispose of environmentally and sustainability.

I'm really impressed with the Terracycle service and approach; the recycling bag (to place my items into) arrived swiftly and the whole process has been incredibly easy and straight forward; plus I'm reassured knowing that items such as water filters etc. aren't going into landfill, but finding a new life as new plastic products!

Thanks for a great service

Thank you so much for your lovely review We’re so happy to hear your Zero Waste Bag made recycling easy and stress-free! It’s amazing knowing that items like water filters are finding a new life instead of going to landfill. Your support truly helps us make a difference!

Medium bag

This is a great idea!
The medium bag will last us a few months, using it for our medication blister packs.
Very happy so far!

Waste bag for medicine packs

Just fantastic

Very straightforward to use

Paying to recycle your waste feels a bit extra virtuous but it does mean you can be pretty sure it is actually going to be recycled properly rather than end up in landfill or in a contaminated waste stream. The bag arrived quickly and it was very straightforward to fill it up and send it off. Not cheap but definitely satisfying.

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Zero Waste Bag - Large

Regular price £45.00

Dimensions & Capacity:
Size: 60 cm wide x 59 cm high
Holds approx. 14 L of waste

Our large Zero Waste Bag takes an average of 4.5 months to fill based on customer return feedback. For more accurate results of units per bag/type of rubbish collected click here.

With Zero Waste bags choose to recycle one of 14 different types of rubbish listed below:

All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media

Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you through Royal Mail within 5 working days. No need for you to be home to collect them!
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with InPost. Check your nearest locker location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

Great bag!

I ordered a large bag and it has a fantastic large capacity, really quick delivery. Haven’t had to return it yet but it appears to be easy to send back, just glad the medicine blister packs can be recycled through this scheme.

Great way to recycle tablet strips

I get through a fair few tablet strips each week with my various medications and hated having to send them to landfill. Non of the pharmacies near us have a collection box (which is ridiculous, they all should have recycling facilities) I can fit about 3 months worth in a large bag - definitely not cheap but worth it when no other options are available

Large waste bag

Verty easy to use. Only point of difficulty was in relation to the maximum size requirements, which didn't seem to bear any real relation to the size of the bag in question.

Thank you for your review! We’re so pleased to hear you found the Zero Waste Bag easy to use 🙌

Regarding the maximum size requirements, we totally understand how they might feel a little unclear at first. The dimensions listed do match the bag’s capacity, but we’ll look at how we present that information to make it easier to visualise.

Thanks again for recycling with us and helping to reduce waste ♻️

Recycling

The bags came promptly The Bags are a good size and in progress now This time km doing hair nets and media The bags hold a lot which is good too Very gsppy

Easy recycling!

I'm so happy that I've discovered Terracycle's Zero Waste Bags. They hold a surprising amount, and along with composting and judicious buying habits we have reduced the waste going to landfill from our household to virtually nothing. Thank you Terracycle!

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*Based on our customers' feedback. Estimated units and average fill time are strictly estimates and can vary based on an individual customer’s usage habits. Data for the newly launched Medium bag will be added when it becomes available.

How much can I recycle with Zero Waste Bags?